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  1. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Be mindful and focus on a challenge a client is facing rather than general client work they have been instructing law firms on. Try to be more forward looking rather than relying on what has happened in the past with the client.
  2. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    Used to be about 50% and looking at their VS to TC numbers these haven’t changed much since then, so I would expect it to be around half.
  3. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    WG is one of the most commonly used assessments. Concerns using it are not about the fact you can practice for it - that is actually an important skill, because you are learning verbal comprehension through practising. Very little in law is about “raw skill” - it’s about learned behaviours...
  4. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I wouldn’t worry about it now - you have applied by the deadline and so your application is being considered. Worrying about it won’t change the outcome, whatever it maybe, and that could still be positive because you did submit your application.
  5. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA General Discussion Thread 2022-23

    Hi there - yes, we can adapt our mock interview service to cover all form of entry level legal roles. When you purchase your mock interview just ensure you provide more detail as to the role (any job spec information is helpful) and we can adapt the questions so they align more closely to what...
  6. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    There is unlikely to be any difference. Choose the date that best suits your circumstances.
  7. TCLA Community Assistant

    TLT Vacation Scheme Application Assistance

    There is no need to do this. The question is assessing your knowledge of how law firms operate/how lawyers work, not how you have demonstrated that quality.
  8. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    That’s not that bad in all honesty.
  9. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I personally would recommend something the firm did rather than a specific client. You need to take it from the point of the firm rather than the in-house team.
  10. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Back in the day it used to be about 3 invited to AC candidates to 1 VS vacancy. That doesn’t account for people not taking up the offer to attend the AC or people who withdraw from the process or decline the VS offer though.
  11. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    If it says a year, I would take this as 365 days since your last application. They will typically say until the next recruitment cycle if they mean the next yearly intake they are recruiting for
  12. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Maybe it just doesn’t logistically work for them. A vacation scheme is a lot of work for what it is. They may not have the HR resource to run it or it could be that they don’t have the infrastructure in teams to support vacation scheme students (eg supervisors/desk space etc). Formally...
  13. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I think that length is fine - it’s not too short/long and a similar length to other firms cover letters/personal statements.
  14. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    It only needs to be in one section - there is no need repeating it. Which section you put it in is ultimately up to you, but I think it’s better suited to the extra info section (but that’s just my preference).
  15. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Yes, you can do this. But make sure it is really key words. Don’t create a script and read from it as it will come across as over prepared/not natural, or like you are making a speech rather than a conversation.
  16. TCLA Community Assistant

    MA Law conversion

    Hi there - it won’t really be considered differently to any other GDL course form a recruiter’s perspective. It will be a good way to develop legal knowledge and potentially prepare for the SQE (subject to how much SQE prep is included in the course), but there really isn’t a difference in...
  17. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    It doesn’t have to be practice areas, your interests can be sector based. I would look at their website and they divide their work up by services (practice areas) and sectors. Choose what genuinely interests you most/you most curious about.
  18. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    This is amazing news and a wonderful start to 2024 - congratulations!!
  19. TCLA Community Assistant

    TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

    It doesn’t mean things like international elements, it is more about the subject area of the work, whether that be practice area or sector specialism.
  20. TCLA Community Assistant

    Addleshaw Goddard - Spring/Summer Vacation Scheme 2024

    They will still consider your application. They would have closed applications early if that was not the case.

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